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spur

[spɜː] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. 1. шпора (на обуви)
  2. зоол. отросток в виде шпоры (на крыле или лапе у птиц); петушиная шпора
  3. тот, у кого есть шпоры; тот, кто носит шпоры
2. 1. вершина горного хребта
  2. отрог или уступ горы
3. толчок (к чему-л.), побуждение, стимул
4. горн. ответвление жилы
5. бот. спорынья
6. ж.-д.; = spur track
7. спешка, поспешность, торопливость; высокий темп, большая скорость (чаще всего используется в идиоматических выражениях и эллиптических конструкциях)
8. тех. выступ, шип, зуб, наконечник (деталь, по форме напоминающая шпору)
9. бот. главный, стержневой корень дерева
гл.
1. = spur on
  1. пришпоривать (коня, лошадь)
  2. подгонять, побуждать; подстрекать (к чему-л.); стимулировать
  3. спешить, мчаться
2. приделывать шпоры, снабжать шпорами
3. 1. бить шпорами (о птице)
  2. нападать, клевать
  3. пинать, толкать ногой

Physics (En-Ru)

spur

след (матрицы), шпур

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The old Mirabarran dwarf had directed the watch overnight, and was sorting out assignments for the workday, both along the fortifications on the northern mountain spur and at the bridge.
Старый дворф из Мирабара возглавлял ночную стражу, а утром распределял задания по охране укреплений на северных отрогах хребта и на мосту.
Salvatore, Robert / The Orc KingСальваторе, Роберт / Король орков
Король орков
Сальваторе, Роберт
© 2008 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
© И. Савельева, перевод, 2008
© ООО "Фантастика", 2008
The Orc King
Salvatore, Robert
© 2008 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

"_Allons_, then," said his companion; "give your horse the spur, and raise the curb rein, lest he measure the ground with his nose instead of his paces.
— В таком случае allons, — сказал его спутник. — Пришпорьте свою лошадь и натяните повод, чтобы она не тыкалась носом в землю.
Scott, Walter / Peveril of the PeakСкотт, Вальтер / Певерил Пик
Певерил Пик
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1964
Peveril of the Peak
Scott, Walter
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

“Come, tell me about yourself, tell me everything,” Karmazinov drawled and lisped, as though it were possible for him on the spur of the moment to give an account of twenty-five years of his life.
- Ну, расскажите же, расскажите всё, - мямлил и сюсюкал Кармазинов, как будто так и можно было взять и рассказать ему всю жизнь за двадцать пять лет.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

On the Southern spur, in its lower slopes and in the rocks at its feet, the Elves were set; on the Eastern spur were men and dwarves.
На южном отроге по всему склону стояли эльфы, на восточном - люди и гномы.
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel / HobbitТолкиен, Джон Рональд Руэл / Хоббит или туда и обратно
Хоббит или туда и обратно
Толкиен, Джон Рональд Руэл
© "Новосибирское книжное издательство", 1989
Hobbit
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel
© 1937 by George Allen & Unwin Lcd.
© 1966 by J.R R. Tolkien
© Renewed 1994 by Christopher R. Tolkien, John F. R. Tolkien and Priscilla M.A.R. Tolkien
© Restored 1996 by the Estate of J.R.R. Tolkien,

The rider adroitly turned his horse, gave him a touch of the spur, and galloping down the street soon reached the courtyard.
Всадник лихо повернул коня, дал ему шпоры и, проскакав коротким галопом по улице, въехал на двор.
Turgenev, I.S. / A House of GentlefolkТургенев, И.С. / Дворянское гнездо
Дворянское гнездо
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1983
A House of Gentlefolk
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

This time there was no teacher to aid us or allies to spur us.
На этот раз не было учителя, чтобы помочь нам или олли, чтобы пришпорить нас.
Castaneda, Carlos / The second ring of powerКастанеда, Карлос / Второе кольцо силы
Второе кольцо силы
Кастанеда, Карлос
© 1977 by Carlos Castaneda
© "София", 2008
© ООО Издательство "София", 2008
The second ring of power
Castaneda, Carlos
© 1977 by Carlos Castaneda

Something I made up on the spur of the moment.
Что-то такое, что выдумала с ходу.
Stross, Charles / The Family TradeСтросс, Чарльз / Семейное дело
Семейное дело
Стросс, Чарльз
The Family Trade
Stross, Charles
© 2004 by Charles Stross

If you walked with her in Hyde Park now it was a bed of tulips, now a child in a perambulator, now some absurd little drama she made up on the spur of the moment. (Very likely, she would have talked to those lovers, if she had thought them unhappy.)
Если идти с ней по Гайд-Парку, она залюбуется клумбой с тюльпанами, умилится детской колясочкой и с ходу, из ничего, создаст потешную сценку (скорей всего, она завела б разговор с этой ссорящейся парочкой, если б решила, что им плохо).
Woolf, Virginia / Mrs DallowayВульф, Вирджиния / Миссис Дэллоуэй
Миссис Дэллоуэй
Вульф, Вирджиния
© Художественная литература, 1989
Mrs Dalloway
Woolf, Virginia
© CRW Publishing Limited 2003

He considered them cowards who needed their leader to spur them on.
Вульфгар прекрасно понимал, что это жалкие трусы, которым для драки как воздух необходим крепкий боец, тот, кто поведет их в бой.
Salvatore, Robert / The Halfling’s GemСальваторе, Роберт / Проклятие рубина
Проклятие рубина
Сальваторе, Роберт
© 1990 TSR, Inc.
© С. Топоров, перевод, 2007
© ИЦ "Максима", 2007
The Halfling’s Gem
Salvatore, Robert
© 1990 TSR, Inc.

"Saladin is noble," answered the Emir, "and will not spur a generous horse to a leap which he cannot achieve.
— Саладин великодушен, — ответил эмир, — и не станет понуждать благородного коня взять непреодолимое препятствие…
Scott, Walter / The TalismanСкотт, Вальтер / Талисман
Талисман
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1965
The Talisman
Scott, Walter
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

It can mobilize political will and spur action.
Она может служить средством мобилизации политической воли и стимулирования действий.
© Организация Объединенных Наций, 2010 год
http://www.un.org/ 07.10.2010
© United Nations 2010
http://www.un.org/ 07.10.2010

It was clear that he came out with these words quite spontaneously, on the spur of the moment. But his speech was productive of much - for it appeared that all.
Видно было, что он проговорил это без всякого расчета, без всякого особенного замысла, так, по первому движению; но слова его произвели чрезвычайное действие.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / IdiotДостоевский, Фёдор / Идиот
Идиот
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
Idiot
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2004 by Fine Creative Media, Inc.

He paused there, as if hoping that his expression of penitence might evoke some answer from her, might spur her to vouchsafe him some word of forgiveness.
Он замолчал, надеясь, что его покаяние пробудит хоть слабый отклик в душе Розамунды и она отзовется словами прощения.
Sabatini, Rafael / The Sea-HawkСабатини, Рафаэль / Морской ястреб
Морской ястреб
Сабатини, Рафаэль
© Тихонов Н Н., наследники, 2008
© ООО "Издательский дом «Вече», 2008
The Sea-Hawk
Sabatini, Rafael
© 2007 BiblioBazaar

Then with whip and spur I urged my steed forward, and at the same time assumed a natural, graceful attitude, with the intention of whooting past the carriage on the side on which Katenka was seated.
Желая окончательно прельстить всех сидевших в линейке, я отстал немного, потом, с помощью хлыста и ног, разогнал свою лошадку, принял непринужденно-грациозное положение и хотел вихрем пронестись мимо их, с той стороны, с которой сидела Катенька.
Толстой, Л.Н. / ДетствоTolstoy, Leo / Childhood
Childhood
Tolstoy, Leo
© 2007 Objective Systems Pty Ltd
Детство
Толстой, Л.Н.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1960

He was obliged to spur himself to action by recollecting that the commands of the Lady Edith had required haste.
Мысль о том, что леди Эдит приказала ему спешить, заставила его ускорить шаги.
Scott, Walter / The TalismanСкотт, Вальтер / Талисман
Талисман
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1965
The Talisman
Scott, Walter
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

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spɜːNounшпораExamples

to dig / drive one's spur (into the side of a horse) — вонзать, втыкать шпоры (в бока лошади)
to put / set spurs to — пришпоривать; подгонять, поторапливать
spurs jingle — шпоры звенят

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Collocations

calcaneal spur

костная шпора

calcaneal spur

пяточная шпора

double-head spur dike

буна с двумя головами

fruit spur

ветка с плодами

fruit spur

плодоносящая ветвь

gas spur

воздуховод

give a spur

активизировать

give a spur

возбуждать

give a spur

побуждать

give a spur

поощрять

give a spur

стимулировать

gravel-and-stone spur dike

каменно-набросная буна

Morand's spur

птичья шпора

oblique-spur

косозубый

one-head spur dike

буна с одной головой

Word forms

spur

verb

Basic forms
Past	spurred
Imperative	spur
Present Participle (Participle I)	spurring
Past Participle (Participle II)	spurred

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I spur	we spur
you spur	you spur
he/she/it spurs	they spur

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am spurring	we are spurring
you are spurring	you are spurring
he/she/it is spurring	they are spurring

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have spurred	we have spurred
you have spurred	you have spurred
he/she/it has spurred	they have spurred

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been spurring	we have been spurring
you have been spurring	you have been spurring
he/she/it has been spurring	they have been spurring

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I spurred	we spurred
you spurred	you spurred
he/she/it spurred	they spurred

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was spurring	we were spurring
you were spurring	you were spurring
he/she/it was spurring	they were spurring

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had spurred	we had spurred
you had spurred	you had spurred
he/she/it had spurred	they had spurred

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been spurring	we had been spurring
you had been spurring	you had been spurring
he/she/it had been spurring	they had been spurring

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will spur	we shall/will spur
you will spur	you will spur
he/she/it will spur	they will spur

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be spurring	we shall/will be spurring
you will be spurring	you will be spurring
he/she/it will be spurring	they will be spurring

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have spurred	we shall/will have spurred
you will have spurred	you will have spurred
he/she/it will have spurred	they will have spurred

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been spurring	we shall/will have been spurring
you will have been spurring	you will have been spurring
he/she/it will have been spurring	they will have been spurring

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would spur	we should/would spur
you would spur	you would spur
he/she/it would spur	they would spur

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be spurring	we should/would be spurring
you would be spurring	you would be spurring
he/she/it would be spurring	they would be spurring

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have spurred	we should/would have spurred
you would have spurred	you would have spurred
he/she/it would have spurred	they would have spurred

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been spurring	we should/would have been spurring
you would have been spurring	you would have been spurring
he/she/it would have been spurring	they would have been spurring

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am spurred	we are spurred
you are spurred	you are spurred
he/she/it is spurred	they are spurred

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being spurred	we are being spurred
you are being spurred	you are being spurred
he/she/it is being spurred	they are being spurred

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been spurred	we have been spurred
you have been spurred	you have been spurred
he/she/it has been spurred	they have been spurred

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was spurred	we were spurred
you were spurred	you were spurred
he/she/it was spurred	they were spurred

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being spurred	we were being spurred
you were being spurred	you were being spurred
he/she/it was being spurred	they were being spurred

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been spurred	we had been spurred
you had been spurred	you had been spurred
he/she/it had been spurred	they had been spurred

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be spurred	we shall/will be spurred
you will be spurred	you will be spurred
he/she/it will be spurred	they will be spurred

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been spurred	we shall/will have been spurred
you will have been spurred	you will have been spurred
he/she/it will have been spurred	they will have been spurred

spur

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	spur	spurs
Possessive case	spur's	spurs'

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